Greetings, folks. I wasn’t as organised this week, but I’m still getting this posted on Saturday instead of Sunday! It’s good enough for me. It’s been a quiet week as I haven’t been feeling 100% well.
Linking up with The Sunday Post @ The Caffeinated Reviewer and Stacking the Shelves @ Reading Reality & Tynga’s Reviews.
Books bought this week:
As you can see, I discovered a bunch of E.C.R. Lorac books that haven’t been reissued in the British Library Crime Classics series… are available in ebook for a couple of quid each. Yoink!
Books read this week:
Reviews posted this week:
- Like a Gentleman, by Eliot Grayson. A quick fun read without being memorable, or particularly convincing. 2/5 stars
- The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, by Donald R. Prothero. A fun whistle-stop tour of the most up to date info (as of the time of publication!) on dinosaurs. 4/5 stars
Other posts:
- Hobbit Birthday. For my birthday, I’m giving away £50 to spend on books (preferably at Portal Bookshop, but I can be flexible if they can’t ship to you) to one person, and one book under £15 to two people! You can get entries (apart from a freebie and one for following my blog) by doing some little self-care/fun/charity stuff.
That’s it for this week? How’re you folks doing?
I really want to read Felix and Mexican Gothic. I’ve heard great things about both of them. I hope you enjoy your new books!
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Me too! I’ve been eager to read them for a while, so hopefully I’ll be able to dig in soon… though I know what my reading moods are like!
Hope you feel better! Your new books all look good. Especially The Deep.
Have a great weekend!
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The Deep was really interesting! I need to finish up my review. Thanks for dropping by!
Death came softly sounds like an Agatha Christie title. Wow, you had quite the haul here! Mexican Gothic is doing the rounds on the blogosphere.
Hope you feel better and that you will have a good week!
They were contemporaries, if I remember rightly! Same era of crime fiction. 🙂 And yeah, I’m super excited about Mexican Gothic. Thanks for dropping by!
Looks like you got some great books and couple of them are on my TBR already. I hope you are staying safe!
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Yeah, I’m excited about them! Thanks for dropping by! 🙂
I hope you feel better soon. I haven’t been 100% this week, either; a persistent skin rash that appears, disappears, and then comes back again! Now I’m on antibiotics. I hope those work.
Enjoy those lovely books, and thanks for visiting my blog.
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Oh no! I hope you’re doing better soon. It’s been a heck of a week, since my wife got sick next (different illness). Thanks for dropping by!
I love the covers of ECR Lorac book, shame that they’re not physical copies! But a very good deal nonetheless.
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Definitely! Maybe they’ll be reissued and I can grab ’em then, but they’re always solid mysteries. Thanks for dropping by!
Isn’t it fun when you stumble across copies (even ebooks) of a favorite author’s books that you have never read? I came across a motherlode of Elizabeth Goudge books in a used bookstore about 30 years ago, and bought about 10 of them. (Alas, a leaky pipe in destroyed more than half of them, about 15 years ago. I’m slowly replacing them.)
I get really worried these days when anyone says they aren’t feeling well. I wish you much better health this week, and happy reading!
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Yess, it’s a great feeling. 😀 Especially when they’re out of print.
I’ve been alright, but then my wife got sick… but our COVID tests are negative, whew! 🙂 Thanks for dropping by.
You have some wonderful books here, the Lorac ones have such amazing covers, I’m a sucker for a vintage cover.
Enjoy your reads, have a good week.
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Vintage covers are such fun. Thanks for dropping by!
Mexican Gothic is keeps calling to me. May have to pick that one up soon. Happy reading.
I’m so excited for it!
Oooo I’m listening to Mexican Gothic right now! I haven’t gotten very far yet but I’ve heard great things about it so I’m excited.
Ooh, sorry I missed this comment, it got spamboxed! 🙁 Thanks for dropping by, and hope you’ve enjoyed Mexican Gothic!
I see Mexican Gothic around all the time amd I still don’t really know what it’s about. I’ll have to investigate.
Hope you enjoy! Thanks for visiting Shell’s Stories.
It sounds so good! 🙂 Thanks for dropping by in return!
Sorry to hear you weren’t feeling well, hope you feel better. Mexican Gothic looks interesting and I like the title: Two Rogues Make a Right! Hope they’re both wins for you!
I’m doing better now, thanks! Two Rogues Make A Right is the third in a series, so I bet I’ll love it. 😀
You have some supremely interesting titles here. I am especially curious about some of the Lorac titles. And I am OBSESSED with the cover of Mexican Gothic.
E.C.R. Lorac wrote really clever Golden Age mysteries, I do recommend. 😀 And Mexican Gothic is really calling to me, I neeeed to start on it.
I’ve heard good things about Mexican Gothic, I hope you enjoy it. Happy reading! 🙂
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I’m really excited for it! Thanks for dropping by!